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Download from www.vmware.com the latest
files for vmware-forlinux, vmware-tools-xxx.exe and a
license. The tools would be best loaded directly to
floppy. If not download to HD, format a floppy as DOS,
copy the .exe file to floppy.

Bring up Konsole
move the vmware-forlinux-xxx.tar.gz into vmware folder
and type in:

tar zxvf vmware-forlinux.xxx.tar.gz
xxx rev number you have

This
will undo the tarball and make directories and files in
vmware.

type
in:

cd vmware-distrib

this
takes you into that folder and then type
in:

su password-(your root
password),

when
the prompt comes up type in:

./vmware-install.pl

You
are now in the actual vmware installer and you can quite
safely press= ENTER to answer each question to accept the
defaults.

At
an early point you are asked to read the license (EULA)
do so and press spacebar to get through it at the END
point type in:

q

and
immediately type in:

yes

This
continues the questions just press enter. You will get
another license just press spacebar and Q at END, no yes
this time, the end is very near.

When
completed type in:

exit, to get out of root
mode.

Ok
now vmware can be run by typing in a Konsole: = vmware

Installation of windows on
Linux:

You
are now ready to install windows os, you can setup the
bios press f2 if needed (not normally needed though).
Insert the windows install floppy and go through the
NORMAL, but lot slower windows installation. When its all
installed the video is std vga 16 colors and you need to
insert the floppy disk with the vmware tools for windows
(ensure that you umount /dev/fd0 in linux first) run the
executable and go into display and change the drivers,
with have disk and they are in /windows/temp.

Reboot windows, it
should come back up with 16 bit and 640x480, this is
usually ok for vmware. Now install printer as normal with
disk if necessary, install modem and dailup, install in
networking microsoft network client to automate logon, in
other words do a normal install, shutdown and come back
up, but this time click fullscreen to fill the screen
with windows, its faster this way.

Advanced Configuration:

You
can now do some advanced configuration, with kedit or
something similar. You start your editor and then go to
the win98.cfg file and load it into the editor. Below is
my configuration file from which you can cut and paste
into yours, do not bother with the second cdrom unless
its a stdcd
drive, if its a burner use it in linux.

Sound is no
problem, if its pci it will work first time so long as
you have it working on linux.

Printers are
different you need to compile them into the kernel as
modules not monolithic, also you need parport0 support,
you also need network block support etc. You will also
need to chown 666 /dev/parport0, you lose this if you
reinstall virtually anything in vmware. If you like email
me andi'll
send you my kernel cfg file and you can cull from there
too.

I am
not sure I have forgotten anything, but I will soon find
out, when someone tries all this out. So who is going to
be the guinea pig ?